CSCI 51 – Introduction to Computer
Science
The
Spring 2002
Extra Credit Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to encourage you to explore your options here at the university. By looking at course options outside of those you all ready plan to take, you give yourself an opportunity to help confirm or question your desire to study in your chosen field.
Assignment
Attend one class of a course you do not plan to take. This course can be in any department and in any discipline. You must not be enrolled in it now, and it should not be a course you are required or planning to take. Get the course instructors signature to confirm you attendance and write a one page response to the class you attended. Did this class change or confirm any ideas you have about what you want to study? Did you enjoy listening in on something completely different than your current courses? Would you consider taking this course as an elective sometime?
This assignment will earn you up to 10 points that will go toward your project grade.
Please be courteous when visit another class. Go early and discuss your attendance and this assignment with the professor. ASK if it is OK that you attend. Some courses may not work well with an observer or you may need special tools to participate. Understand if the professor is not comfortable with your attendance and pick another course.
Attached is a brief letter to the course instructor and the sheet which they are to sign.
This assignment is
due on or before the day of our second midterm,
CSCI 51 – Introduction to Computer
Science
Spring 2002
Alice Armstrong, Course Instructor
Dear Course Instructor,
This student is participating in an extra credit assignment for Computer Science 51, Introduction to Programming. It is my feeling that many students, and engineering students in particular, do not take advantage of the many opportunities available to them at their university. I am asking my students to attend one session of a course they have never considered taking. My hope is that attending a class outside of their expected course of study will either confirm their desire to be an engineer or cause them to question it. Either way, students will benefit from this insight.
If you are willing to let this student sit in on your class, I will be contacting you just for confirmation of their attendance. Please do not let an extra student disrupt your class. If this is not a good class for them to attend, ask them to find another. If you have any questions about this assignment, please contact me at astrong@seas.gwu.edu. Thank you for your understanding and support.
Sincerely,
Alice Armstrong
Course Title: _____________________ Course Instructor _____________________
Course Instructor’s Signature _________________________ Date ______________
Course Instructor’s email or phone number
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